| Myrrhinidae | |
|---|---|
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| Phyllodesmium briareum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Myrrhinidae Bergh, 1905 |
The Myrrhinidae are a taxonomic family of colourful sea slugs. These are specifically aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs.[1]
Taxonomy
DNA studies found the Facelinidae to be polyphyletic and this family was brought back into use to partially resolve that situation.[2]
Genera
Genera within the family Myrrhinidae include:
- Dondice Er. Marcus, 1958
- Godiva Macnae, 1954
- Hermissenda Bergh, 1879
- Nanuca Er. Marcus, 1957
- Nemesignis Furfaro & Mariottini, 2021
- Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831 (1828)
- Synonyms
- Nemesis Furfaro & Mariottini, 2021: synonym of Nemesignis Furfaro & Mariottini, 2021 (invalid: junior homonym of Nemesis Risso, 1826 [Crustacea]; Nemesignis is a replacement name)
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Myrrhinidae Bergh, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2022-10-09.
- ↑ Martynov, A.; Mehrotra, R.; Chavanich, S.; Nakano, R.; Kashio, S.; Lundin, K.; Picton, B.; Korshunova, T. (2019). The extraordinary genus Myja is not a tergipedid, but related to the Facelinidae s. str. with the addition of two new species from Japan (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). ZooKeys. 818: 89-116.
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